State of the Industry (a.k.a. “What did we break this week?”) PC gaming is doing the “hold my beer” thing again. Steam set yet another concurrent user record in mid-October
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Big JRPG nostalgia drops, a new extraction shooter hits live servers, PS Plus reveals next month’s lineup, and Halloween sales keep chewing through wallets. Here’s what matters. THE BIG STUFF
A precise, deeply human record that favors honesty over excess and rewards full-album listening. Brandi Carlile’s Returning to Myself is the kind of album that feels like a deep breath
You bought in. You believed. The roadmap looked solid. The trailer had potential. And now? You’re staring at the same three enemy types in an unfinished biome, wondering how this
It’s not a game. It’s a moment generator. A TikTok template. A chaos machine with a monetization funnel. Welcome to the era of streamer bait—and the slow death of thoughtful
Aggressively Casual – Season 2, Episode 1 Is Here! Join FreeBird and Cheeks for the second season of Aggressively Casual, NOW ON PRESS X TO SKIP! Episode 1 sees them
You keep saying it’s your favorite. You defend it. Quote it. Swear it changed your life. But here’s the truth: You haven’t played it in years. Maybe a decade. Maybe
You’ve bought the game. You’ve installed the patch. You’ve sunk five hours in. And something just feels… off. But everyone says it’s great. “Masterpiece.” “GOTY contender.” “You just have to
Every few years, someone declares that “MMOs are back.” And every time, it ends in silence, server merges, or a sad Steam review thread. But in 2025… something weird is
The Game Pass Price Increase of 2025 is the story every gamer is arguing about, because pricing and tiers quietly decide what we actually play. As Xbox reshuffles its subscription
FreeBird and Cheeks took on the first vault boss fight in Borderlands 4! Catch the VOD below: AJ HansonAJ Hanson has been part of games media since 2011, writing,
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They all look incredible. They all play fine. They all bore you halfway through.The homogenization of AAA gaming is real. Despite the biggest budgets in gaming history, most major releases
Directed by Akiva Schaffer, The Naked Gun (2025) attempts the unthinkable: revive a spoof classic without Leslie Nielsen in a cinematic era where comedy has either gone full cringe or
Any good Tim Minchin Time Machine review should begin with a warning: these aren’t “new” songs—but they might be the most emotionally resonant versions he’s ever released. Time Machine is
In a world where superhero fatigue is a meme and DC’s track record is a punchline, “Superman 2025” had every reason to crash and burn. Instead, James Gunn shows up
HEY LOOK AT THIS AMAZING EPISODE ON A COMPLETELY SEPERATE NETWORK! AJ HansonAJ Hanson has been part of games media since 2011, writing, streaming, and ranting about the industry long
The social contract between studios and players didn’t just fray—it snapped. Clean break. No repair patch coming. Gamers didn’t become cynical overnight. They were conditioned into it—drip-fed half-finished products, told
The post credit scenes Marvel made famous are no longer the cultural mic drop they once were. In the early days of the MCU, staying in your seat past the
The Fate Saga’s opening chapter delivers narrative brilliance hampered by frustrating mechanics – it’s like two different teams made this game and never talked to each other. I’ve been playing
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